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Fire and Climatic Change in Temperate Ecosystems of the Western Americas

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Whitlock, C., Anderson, R.S. (2003). Fire History Reconstructions Based on Sediment Records from Lakes and Wetlands. In: Veblen, T.T., Baker, W.L., Montenegro, G., Swetnam, T.W. (eds) Fire and Climatic Change in Temperate Ecosystems of the Western Americas. Ecological Studies, vol 160. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21710-X_1

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